Aaron's World

To start my very first column I want to quote from the King, 'a little less conversation a little more action please'. I think that sums up what my column is about quite well, ie action packed adventure with new and exciting goss but none of that ridiculous and factually inaccurate nonsense you read so much of on the internet. Yes I am going to tell all you fashion heads about Linux this week and believe me, many people don't even know what Linux is so let me explain.

Out of the closet

Imagine you have a supermodel on the cat-walk like say Cindy Crawford. Now picture Kate Moss too. It doesn't matter what clothes they are modelling, what is important is that you view Cindy Crawford as an old style operating system like Windows Vista and Kate Moss, who is going out with Pete Doherty, is Linux. I have to come out of the closet just now and admit that I am just crazy about Linux. It is still underground but will soon be 'in' big time. So lets take Cindy and Kate and see what lies under their clothes so to speak as we examine the engine that drives their respective operating systems.

Kate Moss and Pete Doherty

Imagine Kate wants to tell you all about her vital statistics such as bra size, how many toes she has etc. In computer terminology we would refer to this as her 'objects'. Well that principle is the same with Linux. Now imagine that every time you ask Cindy her cup size and other vital statistics she hits you with her handbag but still lets you surf the net and cool stuff like that, well darlings, that is Windows. And that is the difference in a nutshell, not just in operating systems but also in all walks of life. But lets face it there are times when you are interested in a womans cup size which Linux offers.

Brad still wants Jen, latest goss

But how does this relate to Brangelina? Well it doesn't really, but you could imagine Brangelina as the look and feel of the operating system. Incidently maybe I should stop just now for those who don't know about computers and elaborate so that you'll understand this next example, Brangelina equals Bradd Pitt + Angelina Jolie. Quite simple really. So imagine that Brad had stayed with Jenifer, that would be a bit like the standard windows task bar, on the bottom of the screen with a start button on the left. But what if you put the task bar on the top of the screen instead, it would be totally different, and instead of a start button you had an applications menu. Well it would be as different as Bragelina is from Brad and Jen if you see what I mean.

Well I certainly hope this has helped a few Linux wannabes pluck up the courage to jump on right in and try it and a few maybe a few Linux gurus will come out of the closet with me.

Aaron

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